Window



H. W. ABBOTT Jan 29, 1929.

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llhllTED STATES means HARRY W. ABBOTT, OF CICERO, ILLINOIS.

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Application filed November 28, 1927. Serial No. 236,036.

My invention relates in general to windows. It relates more particularly to an improved window construction wherein a portion of the frame thereof is mounted to pivot inwardly to facilitate care of the windows.

The invention is primarily a simple modification of the standard double hung check ail window frame. The idea of constructing such windows so that the panes may be washed from the inside without the necessity of reaching or extending the body far out of the window, has occurred to inventors for years, and many structures designed to have this efilect have been produced. These structures have not been received with favor, principally because they were not watertight, or because they were complicated in construction and required many special and expensive forms.

The principal object of my invention is the production of an improved window of this type.

Another object is the production of a window of this class particularly suited for home and apartment use.

Another object is the production of such a window so designed that the ordinary type of wooden window frame may be converted to my improved type.

Another ohect is the production of such a window which will not leak.

Another object is the production of a win-- dow of this type which is simple'and economical to manufacture.

Other objects and features of the invention will be apparent from a consideration of the following detailed description taken with the accompanying drawings, wherein Y Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of my improved window with the hinged portion closed;

Fig. 2 18 a sectional view taken along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the hinged portion of the frame open; 7

Fig. 4 is a sectional View taken along the line 44 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 5 is an irregular sectional view taken along the line 5-5 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view showing a latch in elevation;

Fig. 7 is longitudinal sectional view thereof;

Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken along the line 88 of Fig. 7 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a type of hirage which may be used with the invention, an

Fig. 10 is afragmentary View showing the hinge in side elevation and mounted on the frame.

The window of my invention makes use of the standard double hung check-rail type of window construction with essentially simple modifications making it unnecessary to pro duce costly hardware, expensive mill-work of shapes otherwise than standard, or any other device calculated to add greatly to the present cost of windows of this type.

The window for instance, has the usual pulley stile 21, outside casings 22, inside casings 23 and pulley box casings 24 resulting in pulley boxes at each side of the. window frame in whichare disposed sash weights 26 and 27. At the top of the window, the usual head band 28 is provided and below, the usual sill 29 with the stool 31 serve to complete the main frame structure. The usual trim indicated throughout by the reference character 32 is of course adapted to be applied to the window frame in the usual way.

On the inside of the pulley stile, a blind stop 88 is provided with an inside stop 34, and a parting strip 36 for separating lower window sash 87 and upper window sash 88, respectively. These sashes are provided with the usual check rails at the top and bottom thereof forv causing a snug engagement between the sashes where they come together,

and the sashes have the usual glass panes 39 and 40, respectively.

The sashes are vertically reciprocable in the space outlined by the blind stop, parting strip and inside stop and have sash cords 41 and 42 secured thereto, said cords riding on pulleys 43 and 44 mounted at the top of the pulley stile and connecting with the sash weights 26 and 27.

In carrying out my invention, the two pulley stiles have sections excised intermediate the ends thereof, resulting in the production of pivoted stile sections 46 secured to stationary stile portions 47 by hinges 48. This permits the entire portion of the frame including the sashes when they are in the position shown in Fig. 8, to be swung inwardly into aposition sothat the glass can be washed, repaired or treated in any way, the sashes still being reciprocable on their own pulleys and counterweighted by the "sash weights as the showing of Fig. 3 will indicate. In other words, they can be moved i'reely up and down just as if they were still in normal position.

In order to limit the outward movement of the hinged stile section, I provide tie-rods l9 pivoted to the stiles by screws 51 and having loop sections at the other end engaged around rails 52 secured on the inside of the pulley box. When the window is in its normal position, the tie-rod -19 is at the top of the rail 52, but the hinged portion is moved outwardly it rides down to a lower position as shown. Here the force applied to the tie-rod is directly against the outside casing and the window is supported in its open position until it is desired to close the same. This is done simply by lifting the tie-rods a9, the weight of the window itsell serving to move the hinged portion by gravity and return the same to normal position.

in order to prevent any possibility ol the window opening by accident, 1 provide a latch arrangen'ient consisting of a latch casing 53 secured to the swinging portion oi the stile by screws 54c and having a locking plunger 0r bolt 56 operated by a linger piece 67 which secured to the upper part thereoil and serves also to support the bolt on the casing, the bolt being guided by its ension through an aperture in the bottom partof the casing, and by the finger piece 57 extending through and abut-ting a slot 58 in the ct ing, the bolt ext-ending into a socket formed in the lower stationary portion of the stile and having a reinforcing cap secured thereto by screws (51. This latching arrangement prevents inove'n-ient of the swinging or pivo ed portion of the frame, and the linger piece 57 is so disposed in a recessed portion oi the casing that the sashes pass by the same and the latch is normally concealed from view. lVhen the sash is raised, however, the latch may be disengaged to permitoperation ot the window.

llorinally the pulley stile is construct-ed with the grain running vertically and since it is desirable for obvious reasons "that this arrangement be maintained, 1 show a special hinge by means of which the weightof the swinging portion of the lrain'c may easily be supported, as screws inserted directly endwise of the grain usually will easily pull out rather easily and will not support a very reat weight. As shown in F 9, the hinge do is in all respects simply an ordinary type of butt hinge, except that each of the hinge plates (32 62 has a right angular projection 63 with a flange 64: in a plane parallel to that of the hinge plates 62. The plates are formed in the usual manner and are connected by the usual h'i-nge pin66 and the plates are provided with the usual screw holes "62 In mounting these hinges, the end surfaces of the stile are undercut so as to bring the top of the plate flush with the butt-end of the stile and provided with a groove for receiving the flange (let. The hinges are secured in position by a usual form of wood screw, but the greater portion of the strain is borne by the flanges 64. lhis makes a rigid construction and is clearly instrumental in making it possible to use a standard type of construction with a swinging frame of this class.

As an aid in making the present construction waterproof and also to supply the necessary rigidity to the swinging frame, 1 provide metal strips '67 on the inside stops 34, secured thereto by screws 68-68. These strips are preferably made of non-corrosive s ieet nietal and extend into a vertical groove or chaniter 69 in the vertical members of the lower sashes 37, while the parting strip 36 provided with a weather and reinforcing strip 71 secured. thereto by screws 72 and adapted to extend into av (jliltll'lliel or groove 73 in the upper sashes. These strips of course are not continuous but are'broken in the 5211110 manner in which the pulley stile, stops and parting strips are broken, that is to permit moven'ient or the hinged portion of the window. These strips serve as weather strips to prevent the entrance of or snow when it driven by a strong wind, and they also function to hold the inwardly swinging lrainestationaryan d assistgreatly inreintor ing the same. or proof construction, the pulley stile where it comes together at the bottom is step cut in the manner shown to provide upper and lower surfaces 7'6 and 77, respectively, with a vertical connecting surface in between. At the same place, a drip groove 78 is provided so that any water which may become lodged in this joint of the stile will be conveyed to the out-side thereof and drop onto the sill rather than run inwardly onto the window stool as i-night otherwise happen. v

It will be seen that I have provided a simple modification of the ordinary type of wooden double hung check rail window. The invention may be inoditied of course to include metal windows, or the details of construction may be changed without departing from the soirit and scope of the invention which is pointed out in the appended claims.

Vlhat- 1 claim new and des re to secure by United States Letters Patentis In a double hung check rail 'ndovv'. a frame comprisii ig a head anib a1 sill with vertical pulley bones comprising inside and outside casings and pulley stiles with blind stops, 1 arting strips and inside stops secured thereto, an upper and lower sash reciprocable between the blind stop and parting strip and the inside stop and parting strip, respectively, pulleys secured to the pulley stiles at the upper ends thereof between the stops and parting strip, sash cords secured to the sashes and extendin over said In order-to further the weathpulleys, sash weights secured to the other end of said cords and adapted to he in the pulley boxes and counterweight the sashes, an intermediate portion of the pulley stile being excised from the main body thereof below the pulleys, theexcised portion having upper and lower stationary portions and being itself hinged to the upper stationary portion, plunger latches between the swinging intermediate stile portions and the lower stationary stile portions for normally look ing the stiles together, check rails on the inside of the pulley box cured to theou'tsi'de casings and links havi one end pivotally secured to the intermediate stile portion and the other end provided with rings engaging around the check rails, the intermediate stile portions with the sashes being movable inwardly together about the hinges, the inward movement being limited by cooperation between the links and check rails, and the swinging body being held in its limit position by engagement between the ends of the links and the outside the sashes in this extended position being reciprocablo and being counterbalanced by their own weights in the usual manner, and the outside face of the sashes and the inside of the pulley boxes being easily accessible for adjustment or repair.

2. In a double hung check rail window of standard construction and including pulley stiles with sashes vertically reciprocable therein, a hinged middle stile portion adapted to be swung inwardly when the sashes are arranged within said portion, to permit access to the outside window glass from the inside of the building and access as well to the sash weights without dismounting said window, said stile having the usual sash stops pith. a metal strip secured to said stops and extending to grooves in the sashes to act as weather stripping and to support the swinging portion of the window frame.

3. In a double hung check rail window, a frame comprising a head jamb and-sill with vertical pulley boxes comprising inside and outside casings and pulley stiles with blind stops, parting strips and inside stops secured thereto, an upper and lower sash rcciprocable between the blind stop and parting strip and the inside stop and parting strip, respectively, pulleys secured to the pulley stiles at the upper ends thereof between the stops and parting strip, sash cords secured to the sashes and extending over said pulleys, sash weights secured to the other end of said cords and adapted to lie in the pulley boxes and counterweight the sashes, an intermediate portion of the pulley being excised from the main body thereof below the pulleys, the excised portion having upper and lower stationary portions and being itself hinged to the upper stationary portion, plunger latches between the swinging intermediate stile portions and the lower stationary stile portions for normally locking the the outside casings, the sashes in this extended position being reciprocable and being counter-balanced by their own weights in the usual manner, and the outside face of the sashes and the inside of the pulley boxes being easily accessible for adjustment or re pair, the inside stop and parting strip being provided with metal strips extending into vertical grooves in the associated sashes, the metal strips functioning as weather stripping when the windows are closed and serving to reinforce the swinging body when the removable stile portions are operated to render the outside of the sashes accessible.

4. In a double hung check rail window, a frame including pulley boxes at the sides thereof having front and rear casings, side casings and pulley stiles, pulleys secured in slots in the upper portions of the stiles, upper and lower sashes reciprocable on the pulley stiles and secured thereon by blind stops, parting strips and inside stops, sash cords secured to the sashes and extending over the pulleys and having sash weights secured to the opposite ends thereof and disposed to travel in the pulley boxes, a midportion of the stiles including the blind stops, parting strips and inside stops being excised from the main body of the stiles and not secured in any way to the inside and outside casing which they abut, the stiles having upper and lower stationary portions secured to said inside and outside casings, a hinged connectionvbetween the intermediate stile portions and the upper stationary stile portions, permitting the hinged portions with the sashes to be swung inwardly exposing the sash weights and making the outer surface of the sashes accessible without extending the body out of the window, the sashes being freely rcciprocable and being counterweightod in the usual manner when so extended, means for limiting swinging movement of the hinged stiles and means for supporting said stiles in fixed position when they have reached their limited movement.

5. In a double hung check rail window, a frame including pulley boxes at the sides thereof having front and rear casings, side casings and pulley stiles, pulleys secured in slots in the upper portions of the stiles, up-

per and lower sashes reoiprooable on the pulley stiles and secured thereon by blind stops, parting strips and inside stops, sash cords secured to the sashes and extending over the pulleys and having sash Weights secured to the opposite ends thereof and dis posed to travel in the pulley boxes, a midpo'rtion of the sti es including the blind stops, parting strips and inside stops being excised from the main body of the stiles and not secured in any Way to the inside and outside casings which they abut, the stiles having upper and lower stationary portions secured to said inside and outside casings, a hinged connection between the intermediate stile portions and the upper stationary stile portions, permitting the hinged portions with the sashes to be swung inwardly exposing the sash Weights extending; the body out of the Window, the sashes being'freely reciprocable and being counterweighted in the usual manner When so extended, a vertical rail being adjacent to the inside of the pulley box at each end and a link pivot on the stile with an adjustable connection on said rail, said link and rail limiting the swinging movement of the stile, and the link bearing against the outside casing to maintain the stile in its limit position when it has been moved thereto. 7

In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 3rd day of November, 1927.

HARRY W. ABBOTT, 

